FAQ

All finishers will receive a specially designed medal before exiting the finish chutes. No finisher’s certificates will be issued on site, but will be mailed to all finishers once all of the results are made official. This process usually takes a few weeks.

Your qualifying time is based on your age on the day of the Boston Marathon, thus your qualifying time will be 3hrs 25 min – and you can be 44 when you run your qualifying race.

For more information on qualifying times, click here

A prize money total of $806,000 is awarded in equal amounts to men and women as follows:

Top 15 men and women ($150,000 for first place to $1,500 for 15th place, for a total of $353,000 each for men and women).

Top 5 men and women in the 40-and-over division ($10,000 for first place to $1,000 for 5th place, for a total of $20,000 each for men and women).

Top 10 men and women in the wheelchair division ($15,000 for first place to $500 for 10th place, for a total of $30,000 each for men and women).

All runners who finish by 4:45 p.m. will receive a medal after crossing the finish line.

Awards are presented to the top 10 men and women overall, and the top three men and women in the 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 80+ division.

They are also presented to the top five men and women in the push rim wheelchair division, the first man and woman in the wheelchair quad-class division and the top three men and women in the visually impaired division.

Team awards are presented to the members of the first men’s and women’s open team and first men’s and women’s 40-and-over team.

Stop for assistance and direction at one of the 26 Red Cross aid stations along the course. Sweep buses pick up runners at every Red Cross station with drop-off at the finish area medical tent. Aid stations along the course close at staggered times during the day. Finish area facilities officially close six hours after the last runner crosses the start line in Hopkinton. (About 4:50 p.m.)

For the 2013 Boston Marathon, the cut-off time between Wave 1 and Wave 2 was 3:18:33

The cut off time between Wave 2 and Wave 3 is 3:43:25

Bib numbers from 1 - 8,999 are in Wave 1

Bib numbers from 9,000 - 17,999 are in Wave 2

Bib numbers 18,000 + are in Wave 3

2012: 79 degrees F at the start, 85 degrees F at the finish, W/SW wind 5 mph; clear

2011: 46 degrees F at the start, 55 degrees F at the finish, W/SW wind 16 mph; clear

2010: 49 degrees F at the start; 55 degrees F at the finish; E/NE wind 5 mph; partly cloudy

2009: 51 degrees F at the start; 47 degrees F at the finish; E/NE winds 9-16 mph; partly cloudy

2008: 53 degrees F at the start; 53 degrees F at the finish; E/NE winds 2 mph; clear

2007: 47 degrees F at the start; 50 degrees F at the finish; E/ESE winds at 20-30 mph; overcast, rain

2006: 55 degrees F at the start; 53 degrees F at the finish; calm & clear

All times are tenative.

Mobility Impaired Division start time: 9:00 a.m.

Wheelchair Division start time: 9:17 a.m.

Handcycle Participant start time: 9:22 a.m.

Elite Women's start time: 9:32 a.m.

Elite Men's and Wave 1 start time: 10:00 a.m.

Wave 2 start time: 10:20 a.m.

Wave 3 start time: 10:40 a.m.